Hello everyone 
this is my first post in xda. I'm very happy to join the G3 family and want to share my self made carbon fiber case, although there're many defections
This actually a carbon fiber-wrapped tpu case that I was attempting to increase the overall protection. I used 3k carbon fiber cloth and clear epoxy to wrap the Distronic Ultra TPU Case.
Was going to put on 2 or 3 layers of carbon fiber clothe, however the extra corner padding of the case is a huge problem to the application. As I'm not using a professional(of course, I'm not pro as well...) vacuum bag, it's hard to have the layer completely contact the case, which causes bubbles and irregular dents...terrible.
In order to put more epoxy to layer the edge, I gave up the second and third layer of carbon fiber...that's another mistake. After sanding and polishing, the case now has a decent look in it's back, yet the super thick epoxy layer makes it hard to cure, also the only one layer of carbon fiber does not produce much toughness, and the case is literally still "soft" but thicker...there is a comparison image with 4d carbon fiber vinyl on my Ballistic Urbanite case
By the way, the Ballistic Urbanite case feels great, super firm fit with the G3. The rubber is soft while strong. The button cover is easy to press, you don't have to explore your finger into the "crater" anymore. However the rubber corner doesn't expand to the back of the case, and the button cover is like 1mm-protruded out of the back, so when you put the phone faced up, you are scratching the glossy(a finger print magnet) hard plastic area and the rubber button cover. Other than that, it is strong, light weight and pretty simple case to me.
I really want to drop test my custom case with my G3 and see how it performs...but it would be a huge lost for me ether break the phone or the case itself...we will see
Thanks for watching.
this is my first post in xda. I'm very happy to join the G3 family and want to share my self made carbon fiber case, although there're many defections This actually a carbon fiber-wrapped tpu case that I was attempting to increase the overall protection. I used 3k carbon fiber cloth and clear epoxy to wrap the Distronic Ultra TPU Case.
Was going to put on 2 or 3 layers of carbon fiber clothe, however the extra corner padding of the case is a huge problem to the application. As I'm not using a professional(of course, I'm not pro as well...) vacuum bag, it's hard to have the layer completely contact the case, which causes bubbles and irregular dents...terrible.
In order to put more epoxy to layer the edge, I gave up the second and third layer of carbon fiber...that's another mistake. After sanding and polishing, the case now has a decent look in it's back, yet the super thick epoxy layer makes it hard to cure, also the only one layer of carbon fiber does not produce much toughness, and the case is literally still "soft" but thicker...there is a comparison image with 4d carbon fiber vinyl on my Ballistic Urbanite case
By the way, the Ballistic Urbanite case feels great, super firm fit with the G3. The rubber is soft while strong. The button cover is easy to press, you don't have to explore your finger into the "crater" anymore. However the rubber corner doesn't expand to the back of the case, and the button cover is like 1mm-protruded out of the back, so when you put the phone faced up, you are scratching the glossy(a finger print magnet) hard plastic area and the rubber button cover. Other than that, it is strong, light weight and pretty simple case to me.
I really want to drop test my custom case with my G3 and see how it performs...but it would be a huge lost for me ether break the phone or the case itself...we will see
Thanks for watching.
